Gunmetal

With an LRV of about 16, Gunmetal absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Gunmetal in other brands

• French Quarter Kelly-Moore KM3814-3 Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Rich Pewter Behr QE-61 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Space Grey Jotun 5255 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dusk Cloud Asian Paints 8287 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Venato 20 Caparol 3D Venato 20 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT Q834 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Granite Benjamin Moore AF-660 Gray
• Flint Benjamin Moore AF-560 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gunmetal warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.7 and b value of -1.2 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Gunmetal?

French Quarter (KM3814-3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gunmetal?

≈ 16. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.